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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Nevada rates for HCPCS 50431

An imaging procedure in which contrast dye is injected through a tube already in place to evaluate the kidney and the tube, or ureter, that drains urine from it down toward the bladder. X-ray images taken during the injection show how well the drainage system is functioning and whether there is a blockage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$81.28 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$759 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $66 to $4,365Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $66 to $490
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$501.19
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$457.09
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$489.78

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Washington, DC than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nevada· 12th of 51

$288

DC $363WV $112

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.